Neuroscience Course 2: Perception and Vision (~12h)
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10 Topics | 1 Quiz
- The Visual Pathway
- Selective Processing in the Visual Pathway
- Introduction to the Visual Cortex
- Layers of the LGN
- Organization of the Primary Visual Cortex
- How do different kinds of visual information come together?
- Summary of Visual Processing So Far (Optional)
- The “Where” Pathway and the “What” Pathway
- Damage to the “Where” or “What” Pathway: Agnosia (Optional)
- Review of Image Detection
14 Topics | 1 Quiz
- Introduction to the Somatosensory System
- Receptors for Touch, Temperature, and Pain
- Receptive Fields for Skin Sensors
- How Receptors Convert Stimuli into Electrical Signals
- Types of Touch Receptors
- How do we detect pain?
- How do we detect temperature?
- The Somatosensory Pathways
- The Somatosensory Cortex
- Somatotopic and Motor Maps
- Cortical Mapping in the Mouse Brain
- Pain in the Cortex
- Empathetic Pain in the Brain (Optional)
- Proprioception
16 Topics | 0 Quizzes
- Vision: Why can we not see when we look at the sun?
- Vision: How do we perceive different colors?
- Vision: How is visual information transmitted?
- Vision: How do we perceive visual memories?
- Vision: Do our pupils dilate when we’re dreaming? When we sleep with our eyes open?
- Somatosensation: Why is somatosensory information not sent directly to the cerebral cortex?
- Somatosensation: How do reflexes work?
- Somatosensation: How are somatosensory signals organized as they are sent to the brain?
- Hearing: How is sound information transmitted in the ear?
- Hearing: Why can animals hear different sounds?
- Hearing: Where are the visual and auditory cortices located?
- Hearing: Why can we not hear while we are deeply asleep?
- Taste: How can we perceive hundreds of different tastes?
- Smell: Why do we perceive smells as good or bad?
- Other: How can we have experience without a physical stimulus?
- Other: How can a chicken survive without a brain?
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Welcome to our online course page, where you can enhance your skills in design and development. Choose from our carefully curated selection of 10 courses designed to provide.
Assessment
- Scientific Method Quiz
- Vision I Quiz
- Vision II Quiz
- Somatosensation Quiz
- Hearing Quiz
- Taste Quiz
- Smell Quiz
- Integration and Perception Quiz
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